Geological and environmental management of ceramic clay quarries: a review

Autores: Sanfeliu, T.|Jordan, M. M
Fuente: Environmental geology
57 (7), 1613-1618
2009

This paper shows a contribution to the knowledge of the geological management of ceramic raw material. We have mainly focussed on the clays with a ceramic interest. The article begins with an introduction to the mineralogical determining factor of the ceramic sector. Then, it shows a development of the main steps that take place in the geological prospecting and it concludes with the criteria that must be followed when selecting the outcrops: geographical and environmental conditions, legislation, market and technology, mineralogical and technological characterisation and (4) geological and mining characterisation